The Devoto Group

The Devoto Group is a retained executive search firm based in Redwood City, California, in Silicon Valley. Andrea Devoto founded it in 1995, and Jeff Devoto, who joined in 1999, is Managing Director. It provides executive recruiting for high technology companies on a nationwide basis.

The firm recruits in marketing, product management and sales, including sales engineering. Its marketing work covers outbound product marketing, technical marketing, demand generation and marketing communications, and its sales work covers sales representatives, pre-sales engineers and sales management up to VP level. It says it can find product managers up to VP level. It focuses on networking, security, storage, cloud, online payment systems, artificial intelligence, IoT and mobile technologies. It works with C-level executives and partners at venture capital firms.

Searches start from the firm's own database of talent, supplemented by industry contacts, LinkedIn tools and partnerships with other search firms. It says it works with only a handful of clients at any one time and reports 27 years of executive search experience. A research and administrative team supports the recruiters.